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Education

 Members of the Wister Elementary School community hear a pitch from district staffers on a proposed charter conversion at an October meeting in Germantown. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Four charter organizations apply to convert three Philly elementary schools

Four charter management organizations have applied to take over operations at three district elementary schools and run them as neighborh ...

10 years ago

 In this NewsWorks file photo education activists Allison McDowell (left) and Diane Payne attend hearings at City Council to express their objections to standardized testing (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Pa. House OKs delays Keystone exams as graduation requirement

The Pennsylvania legislature is one step closer to pushing back using standardized tests as a graduation requirement. As is, state ...

10 years ago

Pa. House votes to delay graduation exams for 2 more years

Pennsylvania’s House is giving its approval to a plan to delay for two years a set of mandatory tests for students before they can ...

10 years ago

 Students, parents and education advocates attend a rally outside Gov. Tom Wolf's Philadelphia offices to pressure the administration to lift restrictions on the Educational Improvement Tax Credit that provides scholarships to low-income students. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

In Philly rally, dozens call on Wolf to fast-track scholarship process

Many Pennsylvania schools and organizations that rely on state money have been suffering as the budget impasse has cut off funding. ...

10 years ago

 Council President Darrell Clarke and Mayor-elect Jim Kenney convene at Duckrey Tanner School to share what they learned during a fact-finding trip to Cincinnati. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Mayor-elect Kenney pushes plan to create 25 community schools

In his first major policy announcement since winning election, Philadelphia Mayor-elect Jim Kenney formalized a campaign promise to creat ...

10 years ago

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 Rahmir Riggins gets a book as part of his six-month checkup at Karabots Pediatric Care Center in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Following doctor’s orders: Take a few books and read regularly

Pediatricians prescribe many things, but a prescription for books may surprise parents. Research shows many parents don’t re ...

10 years ago

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 Students participate in a world history class at Central High School. (NewsWorks file photo)

Research group calls for revisions to Pa. school quality index

Does Pennsylvania’s school rating system make the grade? In a recent ...

10 years ago

 The Philadelphia School Reform Commission hosted a marathon meeting Thursday night featuring a slate of nearly 70 public speakers. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Marathon SRC meeting revolves around charter conversion proposals, renewals

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission hosted a marathon meeting Thursday night featuring a slate of nearly 70 public speakers. The bu ...

10 years ago

 Spectators run from the Stade de France stadium Friday night after explosions were heard nearby. Several Millersville University students were in the crowd. (AP photo)

Millersville University student finishing studies in Paris despite attending fateful soccer match

Caitlyn Bordon, a senior at Millersville University, thought she was hearing firecrackers or distant thunder, but it would turn out to be ...

10 years ago

Integration: What happens when magnet school suddenly drops admission criteria?

For many Philadelphia families, the city’s special admissions magnet schools are key resources that keep them from moving out of to ...

10 years ago

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Changes to Philly substitute teacher plan to be unveiled at SRC meeting

Philadelphia Schools Superintendent William Hite intends to present a new plan for covering teacher vacancies after months of dissatisfac ...

10 years ago

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 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he would have liked to include a personal income tax hike and a tax on gas drillers in the budget deal, but those measures lack support in the Legislature. (AP file photo)

Labor union protests Pa. budget framework, calling for shale tax

Some of Gov. Tom Wolf’s friends in organized labor are making some noise about the lack of a Marcellus Shale drilling tax in the em ...

10 years ago

 Superintendent William Hite confers with SRC Chairman Marjorie Neff during a previous charter school hearing (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Field narrows as 14 charter hopefuls submit proposals to Philly SRC

Fourteen potential Philadelphia charter operators submitted applications for proposed new schools by the November 15 deadline.  That ...

10 years ago

 Pastor Scott Barkley, with the Bright Futures Learning Center in Harrisburg, sits with two of its 3-year-old students, Justice and Cortez, at the state Capitol. (Mary Wilson/WITF)

Pa. school officials lobby to keep taxing abilities

Without local revenue options, school districts could be left without the money they need. Tiny preschoolers and K-12 school stude ...

10 years ago

 A tentative agreement between Gov. Tom Wolf and leaders in the Republican-held House and Senate includes a $400 million increase for K-12 public education this year. (NewsWorks file photo)

Hashing out the nitty-gritty in the very tentative, detail-scarce Pa. budget framework

After a scare Tuesday, leaders in the Pennsylvania Capitol said that the framework of a state budget agreement is still intact. Th ...

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